Armored Launch 1803

Here are some images of Mantua's (Panart) 1/16 scale 1803 Armored Launch.
A fun build however my only complaint is to plank the hull on this model required that the hull be planked three times. this could have be done once, though I'm sure some would argue otherwise.

From Wikipedia"

Originally a launch was the largest boat carried by a warship in the age of sail. The word comes from the Spanish lancha ("barge") and Portuguese, from Malay lancharan ("boat"), from lanchar ("velocity without effort").
In the Age of Sail, a ship carried a variety of ship's boats of different sizes and used for different purposes. In addition to the launch, examples include the jolly boat, captain's gig, pinnace, and cutter. Distinctions among the smaller vessels were clear, both in design and purpose. In the age of motorized ships, these distinctions of size and purpose have largely disappeared, but the terms continue in use.
In the 18th century, a launch was used to set the large anchors on a ship. The launch of that era had a square transom and was about 24 feet long. In 1788 Captain Bligh was set adrift in Bounty’s launch.

" In 1788 Captain Bligh was set adrift in Bounty’s launch." Not true Lieutenant Bligh was set adrift in the Bounty's Jolly Boat which made I'm sure made life aboard the open ocean more difficult.

Dave Porter's Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers

This is from the 5" UFO series by Atlantis models. Simple to build and it features flashing LED lighting (complete with battery) and an attractive display stand. The UFO is from the movie "Earth VS The Flying Saucers". Dave finished the model with Tamiya acrylics and artist oils.

Space Station V

Here are some images of Fantastic Plastic 1/2100 scale Space Station V from 2001 a space odyssey.
An OK kit though I would have designed it differently.  However if you're looking for a kit of this famous space station then this currently the only one available on the market. Be prepared though, it's a tough little kit.

From Wikipedia"

Space Station V is a fictional space station seen in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Operational, it is a large, international, rotating wheel space station used as a transfer point from Low Earth orbit to the moon and other planets. It also functions as an orbital hotel. Rotation of the station provides artificial gravity for people aboard the station. The station contains two bays for docking spacecraft, placed on its rotational axis at opposite sides of the construction. At the time of events depicted in the film, it is still under construction with an incomplete second wheel. A Hilton hotel is located on board the film version of the vessel, the company's logo visible on-screen in several scenes. The station is served by shuttle service from the Earth's surface by Pan American World Airways and Aeroflot, the logos of both companies being depicted in the film; the former is seen on an Orion III shuttle spacecraft, and the latter is shown on the hand luggage of Russian scientists stopping at the station en route back to Earth.
The rotating wheel depicted in the movie traces its lineage back to wheeled space station designs by Wernher von Braun and Herman Potočnik, the latter describing such a space station design in his book The Problem of Space Travel - The Rocket Motor (1928). The studio model was reported to be eight feet wide (Bizony) or six feet wide (Agel), and stuffed with tiny lights behind the windows. Due to its large size and delicate structure, the model always seemed in danger of breaking apart.
Kubrick had most of the models and props used in 2001 destroyed, discarded, or securely stored away so they would not be used in productions not under his control. When the Borehamwood, England, studio used to shoot the film was demolished in the early 1970s, the model for Space Station V was dumped in a field about 20 miles away. It was destroyed by vandals a few days later.